Date   : Mon, 30 Jan 2017 15:24:32 -0000
From   : jim@... (Jim Hearne)
Subject: Philips VP415,

Hi Jess,
Thank you for the quick reply.
I'd not spotted the fault finding mode in the service manual, so thank you 
for pointing that out.
Now to find a TV still with a scart input.
The monitor for the Doomsday system is something else that needs repairing.

Many thanks,

Jim



-----Original Message----- 
From: Jess Rowbottom
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 2:43 PM
To: Jim Hearne
Cc: bbc-micro@...
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Philips VP415, laserdisc player from Doomsday 
system.

Hiya ?

On 30 Jan 2017,@14:07, Jim Hearne <jim@...> wrote:

> The player powers up but does not spin the disc.
> The remote light flashes in response to the remote and it attempts to go 
> in and out of standby.
> But coming out of standby, the standby light just keeps flashing.
> Also, trying to eject the disc (one has been inside it for years) the 
> eject light keeps flashing but nothing else happens.
> I?ve got the service manuals but just thought i?d mention it here before i 
> take it apart further.

As long as you have the service manual you?ll be fine. Pop it into 
faultfinding mode and it?ll tell you what?s failing on an overlay on the 
screen - most likely the lens is dirty and can?t focus, it needs to pass 
focusing tests to spin the disc (which is one of the final steps).

It could also be the perpendicular focusing mechanism - the motors have a 
habit of seizing.

j
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